After an exciting conclusion to the Valspar Championship, the best golfers in the planet now shift their focus to the upcoming Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida. Who will emerge victorious this coming weekend and grab the $1.566 million top prize at Bay Hill? Read on below as a bunch of experts sound off on their picks for this popular PGA Tour event. While you’re at it, you can check out our preview and sleeper picks for this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.
2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational Expert Picks and Predictions
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ProGolfNow
Expert
Winner
Sam Belden
Henrik Stenson
Sam Belden has made his choice and it is Henrik Stenson who he thinks will win the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week. Stenson has been playing some terrific golf of late, grabbing top-10 finishes in seven of his last eight starts, including a seventh-place showing at last week’s Valspar Championship. With Stenson playing some of the best golf of his life right now, expect the reigning British Open champion to be in the hunt once again this coming weekend. He is pegged at +750to bring home the trophy this week.
CBS Sports
Expert
Winner
Kyle Porter
Henrik Stenson
Kyle Porter of CBS Sports is another expert who’s backing Henrik Stenson to take home the title this week. He believes that Stenson’s experience in this tournament will be the main difference this weekend. The Swede has posted top-eight finishes at Bay Hill in each of the last four years. Only the great Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh have a better overall scoring record in this tournament than Stenson.
PGATour.com
Expert
Winner
Jonathan Wall
Henrik Stenson
Mike McAllister
Henrik Stenson
Sean Martin
Rory McIlroy
Rob Bolton
Rory McIlroy
Ben Everill
Jason Day
Matt Cochran
Henrik Stenson
James Hickey
Justin Rose
The golfer who got the most votes among PGATour.com’s experts is Henrik Stenson. It all boils down to experience for them and Stenson has tons of those in this prestigious tournament. He placed T3, second, T5, and T8 in his last four starts at Bay Hill. Stenson is a cumulative 50 under in his last five appearances at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He’ll be definitely tough to beat this week.
